And black folks aint checking for hockey because

[MeekMonizzLLLLLLe14]

The simple answer is: that shit is COLD. Hell, it's based on cold weather and ice skating. Black folk don't generally do cold weather or ice skating.

Now if it was roller hockey, that'd be different. We fuck with a roller rink.

Me personally, that shit is boring in the regular season. Stanley Cup Finals are the shit, tho.

its not the cold its the cash. same thing with skiing and snowboarding. niggas live in cold cities like the chi and nyc and so on. The biggest reason is not the cold but the price it costs to play.

True. I just looked up the prices on some of the stuff and damn. Stakes for juniors range from $30 to $850. Sticks cost between $20 to $250. And I didn't go check out the rest of the stuff you need for hockey. I bowl and the things you need to start off is nowhere near those prices but once you start to move up it will cost a good penny, but like I said it is nowhere near hockey.

yeah i remember one summer i saved up $300 from a summer job just to buy decent skates for high school hockey and in mens sizes $300 is mediocre skate quality wise. And unlike baksetball where if you really can ball all you need are $40 and 1 shoe price does matter with hockey skates because the turning and quick cuts and speed do differ between pro line $500 skates and some cheap $200 skates.

and it is all priced based. Kenyans who live in 90 degree weather win marathons in 30 degrees and shit. The issue with winter sports like in the winter olympics and or winter x games is you have to buy some expensive accessory and pay money to practice in a facility. if there were snow runs or freezing track and field it would be cheap to train. But paying for a bobsled or snowmobile or practice time at a rink to figure skate is expensive as hell. Even gymnastics is cheaper just cause you don't have to pay for someone to clean the mat like a rink thats the main reason ice time and ice sports are expensive. they gotta hire and use gas to clear a trail or rink.

 

[Trollio]

not my cup of tea

 

[lord nemesis]

not my cup of tea

 

[peagle05]

i fuck with it, the sport i check for last after football, basketball and baseball but i still watch the blackhawks when i get a chance. growing up in wisconsin i could see them a lot more than i do in maryland.

 

[Mister B.]

Region plays a role, too.

if you live in the northern midwest, a black person will see that shit TONS more than if you grew up in the South. The East Coast has it sprinkled in moderately with the other sports in some places (NY, Boston, Philly), but most folk in the Carolinas, Florida, Texas, Alabama ain't checkin for that shit.

 

[whatevathehell]

i go to hockey games and got a wayne simmons jersey.

white people look at us like we crazy when we go....like black people aint allowed to like something other than what they think we should like.

Man Im down here in charlotte, home of Nascar, or concord which is 20 min away, but anyway Nascar is the epitome of a "whites" only sport and that dont stop our people from showing up. And Im talking dreads and weaves and shit...though to be honest I see more and more white boys showing up with sisters with weaves and shit on they arm...anyway so white folks looking at you crazy aint excuse.

 

[Peezy_Jenkins]

i played the video games and it was fun, so then i tried to get into the real thing, but i just couldnt

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

We r a tropical ppl it doesn't snow in subs sharan Africa

 

[MarcusGarvey]

Region plays a role, too.

if you live in the northern midwest, a black person will see that shit TONS more than if you grew up in the South. The East Coast has it sprinkled in moderately with the other sports in some places (NY, Boston, Philly), but most folk in the Carolinas, Florida, Texas, Alabama ain't checkin for that shit.

End thread. East coast people prolly played in gym class as a field trip or at least floor hockey.

I don't really check for it but if nothing else is on tv....I'll watch porn

 

[Recaptimus_Prime360]

Its boring b.

 

[A$AP_A$TON]

Hockey is soccer on ice. With more fights.

 

[O.G.]

I don't really check for it but if nothing else is on tv....I'll watch porn

You let Marcus down.

 

[A$AP_A$TON]

I grew up during the Gretzky era so I was somewhat in to it.

 

[twizza 77]

I only watch when its the Blackhawks during playoff season, the intensity level is so much higher by then.

 

[MeekMonizzLLLLLLe14]

We r a tropical ppl it doesn't snow in subs sharan Africa

yeah but kenyans win races in cold weather. niggas outchea playing football in cold weather in January and shit. Again there is no merrit to any cold weather sports stopping negros from being good at it. Black players growing up in Canada invented the slap shot and were beating white teams back in the day. Black people like shani davis in speed skating are keeping up. Davis is one of the fastest speed skaters in the world. Has nothing to do with niggas being from africa being a forcefield from cold weather sports. Shit if that was the case why would there be so many black people that could survive in detriot or chi towns frigid air lol.

 

[twizza 77]

Hockey is an expensive and non accessible sport to get into in the US. Unless you live by a frozen pond, how are you going to practice on your own. I could go to a gym right now to play basketball and I could go outside and play football/baseball/soccer.

 

[2stepz_ahead]

i go to hockey games and got a wayne simmons jersey.

white people look at us like we crazy when we go....like black people aint allowed to like something other than what they think we should like.

i moved up to a new department and told this chick i was a flyers fan the first thing she said was "whos your favorte player wayne simmons?"......smh

you close to philly...i got tix i cant use

 

[2stepz_ahead]

The simple answer is: that shit is COLD. Hell, it's based on cold weather and ice skating. Black folk don't generally do cold weather or ice skating.

Now if it was roller hockey, that'd be different. We fuck with a roller rink.

Me personally, that shit is boring in the regular season. Stanley Cup Finals are the shit, tho.

man i fukin love ice skating....shit is fun as hell

 

[FatterThanKat]

Jerome Iginla is a great player, it's only a matter of time before Black people are overrepresented in hockey, like they are in almost every other sport.

My uncle played for years. Still plays rec hockey in a league with my white uncles from the other side of the fam. Last wedding they couldn't stop talking about how he shits on everyone in the league and he's the only black dude on the ice when they play.

 

[bigduece69]

When the Thrashers left Atlanta, I just didn't care anymore.